v11_0180 - ARABIA FELIX - SABEAN Drachme
MONNAIES 11 (2002)
Starting price : 144.83 €
Estimate : 274.41 €
Realised price : 144.83 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 187.05 €
Starting price : 144.83 €
Estimate : 274.41 €
Realised price : 144.83 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 187.05 €
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 200 AC.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 15,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,85 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait sur un flan quadrangulaire. Faiblesse de frappe au revers
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête casquée d’Athéna à droite, coiffée du casque attique ; la joue contremarquée d’un N.
Reverse
Reverse description : Chouette debout à droite, la tête de face ; derrière, un croissant et une pousse d’olivier.
Reverse legend : AQE
Historical background
ARABIA FELIX - SABEAN
(3rd - 2nd century BC)
"Happy Arabia" was strategically very important for controlling the spice and silk route to and from India and China. Trade with the Greek world was very important and ended on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean, in Gaza. From the beginning of the 4th century BC, the Athenian coinage became the reference for exchanges.
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